From:	Nathan Walker <NTWALKER@******.SUNYGENESEE.CC.NY.US>
Subject:	Re: Will a magic item work in the space?
Date:	Sat, 16 Sep 1995 08:49:24 -0400

>I'd say it doesn't work. Shadowrun pretty clearly defines magical foci as
>being active links to the astral plane, which is how they get their power.
>Trouble is, the "etheric" astral plane (we're not talking about the
>metaplanes here) gets its energy wholly from the living matter of the
>earth. Leave the extent of the earth's "aura" and, poof, no more energy.
>Same goes for magic items, same goes for magical people.

So, now I have a few questions:

What would happen on another planet? It would have an "aura", too, right?
Could be a totally different aura, depending on whatever life lived on that
planet. In other words, totally different energy, totally different magic?
And of course, different critters, people, etc., etc.

And what would happen if that planet were in a different part of it's mana
cycle than ours? If the mana cycle is like a sine wave, it could have more
magic than earth, less magic than earth, it could have no magic at all!
There could maybe be a planet that has a mana cycle of possibly a few hours
or days! That could shake a mage up a little...

And what about those horrors thingys? I don't know anything more about them
than what I have heard on this list, but they could be on other planets too,
I think...

Maybe I had better come up with a corp that makes Faster-than-Light
spacecraft. This sounds like fun...

>>>>>> Nate
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